Oilers Re-Assign Five and Quinn's Press Conference
by Derek Zona on Sep 27, 2009 8:21 PM PDT
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Following their game against Vancouver this evening, the Edmonton Oilers held a post-game press conference to announce that Jordan Eberle has been assigned to WHL and Rob Schremp has placed on waivers. Taylor Chorney, Kip Brennan & Devan Dubnyk have been assigned to Springfield. Theo Peckham has been placed on IR.
Some off-the-cuff analysis:
- Theo Peckham's injury continues to be a cause for concern. He was so close, and he hasn't been able to work in some time. I don' t think he's in danger of being passed by as no one is close. It's something to keep an eye on if it lingers.
- Eberle wasn't ready. He looked good at times, but it was against weak competition.
- Chorney looked much better this year than last and he should be paired with Peckham in Springfield this year and won't have to run the tough matchups.
- The Rob Schremp saga is likely over.
Notes from Quinn's press conference:
- Pisani has a back problem that has flared up twice, Pouliot has a "pubis whatever", and Moreau is dinged up with a pull and not serious. Quinn mentioned that he also has a pull that is causing him some problems when he's getting up and down from the bench. " Peckham still has yet to pass the medical." I think any "pubis whatever" should be treated with utmost care.
- "We'll have, ah, Jacques in the lineup and likely have Stone in the lineup." - I wonder if he's framing that around Pisani's injury.
- "We wanted some bigger guys, er, or some crustier guys..." - He added "crustier" to include Brule.
- "You can't win with 22 Rob Schremps."
- Quinn once again hammered on the defense and chastised them for going "D to D and going backwards" and hiding behind the net. He also mentioned hammering it around the boards and called it "bailout stuff". It's like he's talking to Steve Staios directly. Quinn has really been after the defense in his pressers since camp opened.
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So far, SportsCentre has about a two-minute story about Nasim Kadri being sent back to the London Knights. Which is fair enough; after all, he’s a first-round pick!
Would you believe they haven’t even mentioned first-round pick Jordan Eberle, though? Shocking, I know.
by Benjamin Massey on Sep 27, 2009 8:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe they’ll put something up when Quinn’s presser is over.
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by Derek Zona on Sep 27, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
17 minutes into the show, they did mention the cuts and Eberle got a five-second clip. So it’s okay, TSN isn’t Leafs TV at all.
by Benjamin Massey on Sep 27, 2009 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On the injuries...
"[Moreau]’s was described to us as a day-to-day thing. The other two… I don’t have the report… but it was a continuation of an issue that happened the other day."
So Pouliot’s on IR and Pisani very well could be.
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by Jonathan Willis on Sep 27, 2009 9:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If Pisani is on IR, they desperately need an NHL player in return for Nilsson if that’s the road that they are taking.
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by Derek Zona on Sep 27, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder about Pisani. He’s managed to avoid the attacks that, say, Moreau has taken, but the fact is that he’s been lost for about two seasons now with injury/sickness problems.
We may never see the player he was again, and if so the team is in some trouble.
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by Jonathan Willis on Sep 27, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trouble ahead, trouble behind, sir.
Pisani was a real two way player and master penalty killer. Losing him for a stretch, coupled with losing Brodziak and not replacing him — I don’t know if it’s possible for the PK to get better this year. There’s Horcoff and a slip-sliding away Moreau who is more often that not in the box when the Oilers are killing.
Horcoff, O’Sullivan and Cogliano? Stone?
Trouble ahead.
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by Derek Zona on Sep 27, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And you know that notion just crossed my mind.
by NBOilerFan on Sep 28, 2009 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dammit. Every time they take a short-handed goal against now I’m going to start singing “Casey Jones”.
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by Derek Zona on Sep 28, 2009 4:46 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if the bang it around the boards bail out was something a guy like Huddy instilled in Staios. It seems like a thing one of his coaches would say – “if you’re in trouble, just fire it up the boards”. Not to defend Staios. Old habits die hard though, but good to hear him being indirectly called out for that.
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by Racki on Sep 27, 2009 9:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I might be crazy, but I’m pretty sure that Staios had the hard around in his repertoire the minute he donned the copper and blue. Bruce would remember stuff like this.
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by Derek Zona on Sep 27, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are most likely right on that. I never really focused on it until other people started pointing it out though.
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by Racki on Sep 27, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s been a source of frustration for me for a long time.
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by Derek Zona on Sep 28, 2009 7:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ask Ladi Smid about that hard around. When they were paired last year I took to calling Staios “Suicide Steve” for the number of times he left his partner open for a big hit.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Sep 28, 2009 7:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup
The hard around has been Staios’ #1 breakout play since the day he arrived. His #2 favourite is technically called “icing”.
He actually improved marginally under Huddy IMO.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Sep 27, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So its Reddox, Nilsson and MacIntyre waiting on the injury situation then? Am I missing anyone?
by Pat Mc on Sep 28, 2009 7:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Not if they are “likely have Stone in the lineup.”
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by Derek Zona on Sep 28, 2009 7:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A tad concerning that Oilers couldn’t make it through training camp without nicks to both Pisani and Moreau. The brittle warriors have played a combined 280 GP the last three years and have missed 212. At $4.5 MM cap hit per season that doesn’t help at all.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Sep 28, 2009 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My brain hurts
OK, so Jacques, Horcoff, Hemsky, O’Sullivan, Comrie, Stone, Penner, Cogliano, Gagner, Brule, Stortini
so that’s eleven
And then Moreau presumably is fine.
Gotcha, so Pisani and Pouliot are 13/14 but if they go on IR then two of those three start the season with the club.
And if Nilsson is a goner then its Reddox and MacIntyre. Rumour has it that the Blues like Reddox, can’t remember where I read that.
What’s the time before they clear waivers? A day? Two?
by Pat Mc on Sep 28, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pat – one day to clear waivers. We’ll know by Tuesday morning which franchise has decided to activate the Rob Schremp Experience.
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by Derek Zona on Sep 28, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks Derek, I figure someone has to pick him up but if not, oh my. Is it possible that thirty organizations could be so absolutely wrong about a player.
Another argument, maybe the only one, for expansion.
by Pat Mc on Sep 28, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why do you figure that? A ton of teams passed once already.
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by Derek Zona on Sep 28, 2009 4:47 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
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